Holiday Giveaway: Win the premier issue of Sew It All and a one year subscription to Sew News magazine!

It’s time for our second annual Holiday Giveaway Calendar! Everyday in the month of December we are giving away an amazing prize! It’s super easy to enter, just leave your comment answering the bolded questions below by noon EST 12/17 and a lucky winner will be chosen at random from all eligible entries!

Today, enter to win the premier issue of Sew It All and a one year subscription to Sew News magazine!

KNOWMORE TO SEWMORE with Sew News magazine! Each issue is full of fun projects, timeless techniques and expert advice to help you achieve successful stitching every time. Sew It All is a special issue of Sew News, available for a limited time only. This premiere issue is full of 45 fun and easy projects, 50 cool tools, and 5 profit possibilities to help you turn your hobby into a career! Sew News is published 6 times a year; a 1-year subscription is available for $21.98. Sew It All is available for $9.99. Order both at www.shopsewingdistrict.com.

We want to congratulate Ronda on winning yesterday’s Oliso TG1600 Smart Iron! Her comment was chosen at random from all eligible entries. Thanks to everyone who entered and good luck in today’s giveaway!

263 Comments

My perfect sewing magazine would have lots of tips on tailoring, a FBA for dummies pull-out as mine never seem to work first time, lots of fashion -forward patterns that don’t stop at a 42 and reviews of books and notions (as if I need any more) :)

I would love to see every day patterns, but also some more special ones. I would love other peoples stories including the projects that have gone bad, so I know im not the only one. Also maybe a few different sttiches/techniques.

My perfect sewing magazine would have a couple of well-thought-out, modern, flattering patterns along with suggestions for variations on them, as well as step-by-step illustrated guides for both basic and advanced construction and finishing techniques (always need to brush up my skills!), pattern-drafting tutorials, ideas for embellishment and/or reconstruction that aren’t totally kitschy or would only look normal on people 30 years older than I am, and examples of how to incorporate current fashion trends into your sewing projects!

information on fabric, choosing and buying fabric, and great information on using different types of fabric would be great. it could be a column where you do a different fabric in each issue and talk about the qualities of it?

Patterns, pattern reviews,a section gearned to the novice sewer (basic technique tips) as well has as a section geared towardss more experienced sewers (more advanced techniques), question and answer section, LOTS of pictures for inspiration, articles from people making their living in the industry, sewing and serger machine reviews…

I would definitely appreciate some how-to’s, step by step techniques, explanations of terminology, inspiration from other people’s creations, info on local services that may be relevant and free patterns!

I think t’s important to have something for everyone in there. So tips for really experienced sewers, as well as answering basic questions that beginners may not know about. So I would also have an ‘agony aunt’ type column in there so people can ask questions and interact. I love seeing other people’s work, I would love a readers section so that I could get inspiration from other’s successes. And free patterns of course!

It would have to have complete outfits, all matching: skirt, blouse and overcoat. Every month it should have a “vintage” issue and a dramatic evening dress. I don’t care much for pants, so it would have to be all about dresses, skirts, tops and overcoats :)

I think I would love a wide variety of free patterns for clothes, soft furnishings and accessories as well as easy to follow step by step instructions for all of them. I would also like to see lots of projects from readers or designers featuring some examples of their work, ideas, techniques, etc…

The perfect magazine would have patterns, and sewing tips, but also, advice on sewing machine maintence and precious information like best thread and needle for each project/fabric! Basically everything an inexperience sewr would need to be able to make beautiful garments and crafts!

It would contain some basic patterns that you could add to and easily customize. It would have helpful hints from the pros. Latest and greatest and fads for fun ideas. A challenge for those who just can’t get enough. Resources including both on-line and local stores. And, most of all, ratings on the products we use the most — sewing machines, scizzors, thread, fabrics, etc etc. Finally, it would also be great to have a few coupons to help us achieve the “basic patterns”. Ooops, one more; a featured interview with an up and coming designer.

New Bodysuit Sloper!

BurdaStyle is a DIY fashion and sewing community. Our aim is to bring the craft of sewing to a new generation of fashion designers, hobbyists, DIY'ers, and inspire fashion enthusiasts. We offer downloadable PDF sewing patterns, project ideas, tutorials and a community passionate about fashion. Press coverage on BurdaStyle can be found here.